Portable wardrobe and book-case



(N0 Medel.)

F. G. ARBENZ.

PORTABLE WARDROBE AND BOOK CASE.

No. 325,644. Patented Sept. 8, 1885;

INYENTDR 7 ATTORNEYS- UNITED ESTATE PATENT 1 om*E..,

FREDR'IGK Q- ARBENZ, F WHEELING, WEST VIRG'lNIA,

PORTABLE WAR'DRO'BEYAND BOOK-CASE...

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,644, datedSeptember 8, 1885. V Application filed March 9, [Bi-5. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- e

Be it known that I, FREDRIOK 0. AR- BENZ, a resident of Wheeling, in thecounty of Ohio and State of West Virginia, havein: vented certain newand useful Improvements in the Construction of PortableWardrobes andBookCases; and I do hereby declare that the following is a 'full, clear,and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains,

to make and'use theflsame, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification. 1 r The object of my invention'is to provide a,

portable wardrobe or book-case that can cas-, ily be taken apart and'packed together in a comparatively small space for convenience andeconomy in transportatiom'and it consists in certain details ofconstruction by which T accomplish the'object, as will hereinafter bemore fully set forth. j

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of awardrobe similar to those in general use, with a portion of one sideremoved to show the interior construction.

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section; Fig. 3, a horizontal section of thesame; Fig. 4, a de tail showing peculiar construction.

Corresponding letters of reference refer to like parts.

The letters A A designate the sides of the wardrobe, the back edge ofeach being rabheted at a to receive the back B. The front edges of thesides A A are provided with dowels b Z b, to assist in holding the top(3 and the base D in position.

E E are blocks secured to the sides A A, provided with mortises e e.

F is a bottom board having the ends set in grooves f f in the sides A A.

G is a shelf resting at each end on cleats h h, secured to each side.

D is a base-board extending across the front of the wardrobe andrepresents the base of the same. It can be made high enough to permit ofa drawer, H, being introduced, or it can be narrow and plain, asrequired. The base-board D is secured to the sides by means ofprojecting bars K K, pivoted at one end,

1), to blocks 1 l on the inside of the baseboard, "and provided withtapering mortises m m,to receive a wedge, 0, after they are passedthrough the mortises ein theblocks attached, to the sides of thewardrobe.

The bars K'K are pivoted to the blocks Z l on the base-board, sothey canbe swung around'parallel with theface of the board for convenience inpacking into vpiles for transportation. 0 i a i n n'are'pin -holesfor'the reeeival of the pins'b b on the edge of the'sides of the ward-(Shown by the dotted lines in frob'ea The back of the wardrobe B is madein two 1parts,w ith a rabbet-joint at 9, similar to donble doors, for:convenience inihandling, and

isfittedinto the'rabbets aa in the edges of 'the'sides A A, and fastenedto the bottom F and the top 0 of the wardrobe by means of screws, so itean be readily taken' off.

The top of ,the wardrobe," consisting of the covers, fascia board "s',and molding s", is all fastened together as one portion of theframework, and is set over on top of the sides A A after they aresecured in position to the ends of the base-board D. The dowel b at thetop onters a hole, n, in the back of the fasciaboard, provided for it,and assists in holding the top in place.

The doors are attached to the front edges of the sides A A with sun:llllt} hinges in the usual manner. ()ne fold, M, is shown in Fig. 1.

i z are corner-blocks to stiffen the structure and to receive casterswhen desired.

By this form of construction the various portions of the wardrobe canreadily be taken apart and packed into a smaller compass fortransportation, and can be put together again in a more expeditiousmanner than by any other mode that I am acquainted with.

, It is obvious that by the addition of a few more shelves the wardrobeillustrated can be converted into a book-case; therefore a furtherdescription in this particularis not deemed necessary.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 18'- The combination, with the sides LA, my own hepebyaflix my signature in prenvided with dowels b b and mortiagablofikalg E,ence of two writ of the base D, having swinging rs at- V v tached to theside pieces, I l, dowel-sockets it V FBEDBICK B F 5 n, and wedgeo,substantiallyasherein shown, Witnemear 7' and for the purpose set forth;7 0114s. CL H001,- In testimony that I claim the foregoing anK.-S'm1l.'I.

